Ἀράξης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed at the end of the 5th century BC from Old Median *Araxs(ā). See Old Armenian Երասխ (Erasx) for more.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἀράξης • (Aráxēs) m (genitive Ἀράξου); first declension

  1. Araxes; Araks, a river in the Caucasus

Inflection
First declension of ὁ Ἀράξης; τοῦ Ἀράξου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἀράξης
ho Aráxēs
Genitive τοῦ Ἀράξου
toû Aráxou
Dative τῷ Ἀράξῃ
tôi Aráxēi
Accusative τὸν Ἀράξην
tòn Aráxēn
Vocative Ἀράξη
Aráxē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
First declension of Ἀράξης; Ἀράξᾱο (Epic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative Ἀράξης
Aráxēs
Genitive Ἀράξᾱο / Ἀραξέ͜ω / Ἀράξω
Aráxāo / Araxé͜ō / Aráxō
Dative Ἀράξῃ
Aráxēi
Accusative Ἀράξην
Aráxēn
Vocative Ἀράξη
Aráxē
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
First declension of Ἀράξαι; Ἀραξᾱ́ων (Epic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative Ἀράξαι
Aráxai
Genitive Ἀραξᾱ́ων / Ἀραξέ͜ων / Ἀραξῶν
Araxā́ōn / Araxé͜ōn / Araxôn
Dative Ἀράξῃσῐ / Ἀράξῃσῐν / Ἀράξῃς / Ἀράξαις
Aráxēisi(n) / Aráxēis / Aráxais
Accusative Ἀράξᾱς
Aráxās
Vocative Ἀράξαι
Aráxai
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
First declension of ὁ Ἀράξης; τοῦ Ἀράξεω (Ionic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἀράξης
ho Aráxēs
Genitive τοῦ Ἀράξεω / Ἀράξω
toû Aráxeō / Aráxō
Dative τῷ Ἀράξῃ
tôi Aráxēi
Accusative τὸν Ἀράξην
tòn Aráxēn
Vocative Ἀράξη
Aráxē
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants
  • Armenian: Արաքս (Arakʿs)
  • Georgian: არაქსი (araksi)
  • Greek: Αράξης (Aráxis)
  • Latin: Araxes
  • Russian: Аракс (Araks)

References
  • Ἀράξης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju drevnearmjanskovo jazyka. Častʹ I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 12
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